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Title: Speed cameras and speeding fines
Date: 09/07/2010
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Preview: A new report from the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) and the Drivers' Alliance (DA) collates for the first time the full figure for fines raised through speed cameras in 2008-09 (in some areas this may include both speeding offences and neglect of traffic directions caught on camera).
The report features full data for local Safety Camera Partnerships and Magistrates' Courts for all areas of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. With the boom in speed cameras and speeding fines in recent years the issue has become highly controversial, particularly among motorists.
As well as exploring the local and national totals raised in such fines, the report also investigates road casualty rates since the introduction of speed cameras, and compares them to the reduction in casualty rates prior to their introduction. Controversially, the report's statistical analysis...
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